“So, I am the Dark Tree of Heaven. I am it, the dark side of the Dark Tree of Heaven. From a certain point of view, I am the ruler of the Infernal Relic. If you purify the power of strangeness here, it is equivalent to weakening me. I can not let you do that. Putting that aside, this fellow has always wanted to weaken me, saying it’s for the sake of the divine pond. Aren’t you just a hypocrite?”

“This isn’t hypocrisy. Without you, the divine pond would be full of spiritual energy,” The giant silver tree said indifferently, “There is still a sliver of life for this place.”

“Don’t give me that nonsense,” Yama said coldly, “I was created from your wood of origin. If I die, you won’t live long either. Without me, you wouldn’t have been able to live until now. I’m going to eat this kid, and even a deity-rank can’t stop me. Here, I said it!”

Wang Ye listened from the side.

He felt that what Yama said made some sense… Though it was mostly just sophistry.

If its words were true, the Infernal Relic was created by the humans back then.

Moreover, the matter of Xiao Tao being regarded as a demonic sword in Xinghai Province presumably had something to do with the relic.

However, Wang Ye couldn’t stand the words “I’m going to eat this kid”.

“Hey, aren’t you looking down on me too much?” Wang Ye said, “At least I made it this far. Do you think it’s that easy for you to kill me?”

Yama chuckled, “Don’t you know that I would kill you precisely because you made it this far? Only with such an outstanding body like yours will I be able to bring them out and cause a huge ruckus! Either way, the seal on this place has gradually weakened and the relic has already started appearing in the world. Sooner or later, it would be discovered by you humans. In the end, wouldn’t I still be killed?”

Wang Ye sighed softly.

Putting aside individual reasons, Yama’s way of doing things was quite normal.

Its series of operations was just to bring the fierce beasts of this place out to take revenge.

The so-called good and evil were just from different standpoints.

Since the humans had planted the cause, they thus had to bear the consequences in the future.

“Senior, can you help me block it for a while?” Wang Ye asked.

“Do you have a way?” The branches of the giant silver tree began to tremble.

“I think so,” Wang Ye nodded.

As soon as he finished speaking, the dark wood suddenly burst out with a strong light. Although the light was not as fierce as the black light before, it was still very strong.

Wang Ye could not judge such a special creature by the combat power of pets.

After all, the Dark Tree of Heaven had been a pet of the same level as Xiao Tao. As such, the dark wood that was born from it should not be any inferior.

In the next moment, countless silver branches began to rise around Wang Ye, protecting him.

“I just don’t understand. You’ve done so much for them here, yet you’re still standing on the side of the humans in the end? What for?” Outside, Yama’s voice was filled with viciousness.

“I’m not standing on the side of the humans. What I do is based on my beliefs and principles. What’s more, my Beastmaster is a human. Without him, there won’t be me, and of course, you wouldn’t exist either. I can’t let you go out and do evil. At that time, only more pets will die.”

—

The sounds of battle erupted outside.

Wang Ye took out some supplements to feed the white python first.

“Next, we can only wait for Xiao Jiu. I hope the Dark Tree of Heaven can hold on a little longer. I don’t want to die here.”

Wang Ye looked at Xiao Jiu.

The Scalding Bright Flames produced by the egg wasn’t much. It would take some time to quickly purify the power of strangeness here.

The Xiao Jiu egg began to glow.

“Right, this place is still a divine pond. Although it’s infected by the power of strangeness and there’s not much spiritual energy here, there’s still some left. On top of that, it’s been a few days now… You should be able to simulate, right?” Wang Ye touched Xiao Jiu.

The Scalding Bright Flames were still burning, but when Wang Ye touched the egg, the simulation panel appeared.

[The pet information has been updated. The simulation can be carried out…]

“As expected, the egg can also simulate. The whole matter depends on whether the pet’s life force is sufficient, to begin with. But, what can an egg simulate?” Wang Ye began to ponder.

Skills? How could an egg practice skills?

Find some opportunities?

Judging from the situation of the scripted world, if an egg ran around randomly, it would probably be eaten on the spot.

As for reality simulations, running those were meaningless. In such a situation, if Xiao Jiu could not hatch quickly, there was no way they could survive until the end.

“Wait! There does seem to be something that can be simulated!” Wang Ye’s eyes lit up, “How could I forget this?”

He took out the scroll of the Cloud-swallowing technique.

That’s right!

The pet’s combat technique!

Xiao Jiu had not practiced it yet, but it had seen it in advance.

However, due to the incident in Anping County, it didn’t have the time to practice the technique in the simulation before it became an egg.

“Xiao Jiu, let’s start the simulation now. We’ll be simulating this combat technique,” Wang Ye said in a deep voice, “This combat technique is incomplete and only at the middle rank. Do you want to practice a mere middle-rank combat technique?”

Dong, dong!

Xiao Jiu jumped.

It didn’t want to.

“Very good!” Wang Ye nodded, “As expected of my pet, you have aspirations! You’ll definitely still be an egg in the simulation and you can’t do anything. So, you can only comprehend this combat technique while in the egg. If it doesn’t work in ten years, then try to do it in twenty years. If twenty years is still not enough, do it for thirty years. Try to complete the combat technique in the simulation.”

“This combat technique currently only has three degrees. In comparison to the low-rank combat techniques, its improvement effect is relatively good. It can also improve your constitution and agility. When you practice to the third degree, it can increase your cultivation speed by 50%. For you, the effects are far from enough, so the following effects will depend on how you comprehend it.”

Incomplete combat techniques were still combat techniques.

The rank classification of combat techniques was similar to the realm classification of skills, though the former was much rarer.

“Then, let’s start the simulation!”

[The pet information has been updated. The script is loading…]

[0 year old. The brilliant light sparrow is an egg, far from hatching. However, its spiritual consciousness in the egg is extraordinary, and it has begun to comprehend a mysterious combat technique!]

[1 year old. The brilliant light sparrow has learned the combat technique: Cloud-swallowing technique. It has begun to absorb the spiritual energy between Heaven and Earth to cultivate.]

[3 years old. The brilliant light sparrow has cultivated its combat technique to the third degree. Its vitality has become increasingly boundless, and it has quite an understanding of the combat technique.]

[6 years old. Due to the combat technique being incomplete, after the third degree, the brilliant light sparrow’s cultivation stopped in its tracks. Although it is still growing, it has fallen into a bottleneck.]

[26 years old. Twenty years passed in the blink of an eye. The brilliant light sparrow worked hard to comprehend the combat technique and comprehended the fourth degree.]

[59 years old. Thirty years passed in the blink of an eye. In the egg, the brilliant light sparrow continued to comprehend the combat technique till it reached the sixth degree. However, after reaching this degree, the brilliant light sparrow felt that its comprehension of the follow-up combat technique had reached another bottleneck. It was difficult to continue its cultivation.]

[60 years old. The brilliant light sparrow relied on the combat technique that it had accumulated for decades to finally break out of its shell and became an emperor beast that invoked widespread reverence.]

[90 years old. For decades, the brilliant light sparrow continued to comprehend the combat technique, but to no avail. It began to wander around the mountain range. In a trance, it thought of something, so it returned to the cliff and waited quietly.]

[100 years old. After ten years of waiting, finally, the brilliant light sparrow saw the mysterious bird beast that it had seen countless times! This time, the mysterious bird beast glanced at the brilliant light sparrow but did not leave. Instead, it stopped its beautiful figure, and its flame-like eyes were filled with shock and confusion. It recognized the brilliant light sparrow to be the green sparrow from back then! In this shock, it began to communicate with the brilliant light sparrow. The more it looked at it, the fonder it got. Thus, it brought the brilliant light sparrow with it and began to teach the latter some of its abilities. The brilliant light sparrow seemed to have gained some understanding of itself.]

[110 years old. Ten years have passed. The brilliant light sparrow has improved, optimized, and summarized the combat technique. Under the guidance of the mysterious bird, it has created a new combat technique: Divine Sparrow’s Sun-devouring technique.]

[111 years old. The brilliant light sparrow begins to cultivate the Divine Sparrow’s Sun-devouring technique. Skyful of Flying Feathers, Wind, and all of its other skills have entered a whole new realm, some comprehending powerful profoundness.]

[115 years old. Thanks to the guidance of the divine bird, the brilliant light sparrow has comprehended a skill: Golden Crow Falls West (Emperor)]

[120 years old. Under the guidance of the mysterious bird, the brilliant light sparrow’s Divine Sparrow’s Sun-devouring technique has entered the sixth degree. It has turned into a ball of supreme light flame that is as dazzling as the Sun. It can even turn the light of the Sun into its spiritual energy. Where there is light, it is invincible. At the same time, it can dispel all evil in the world. Under its cultivation, the Scalding Bright Flame in its body also slowly evolved into the True Sun Flame! It walked down the cliff, bid farewell to its mysterious bird instructor, and came to the mountain range, defeating the three emperor beasts there! At the critical moment, it fought with the bloody mouth that gushed out from the ground. Relying on its powerful combat technique, it killed the other party with the price of suffering heavy injuries. It lasted for half a year, and finally died due to heavy injuries.]

[Obtained red characteristic achievement: Phoenix Masquerade (upgradeable)]

[Obtained red characteristic achievement: Divine Bird’s Education]

[The simulation has ended. The brilliant light sparrow has lived for 120 years. It has developed a master-disciple relationship with the divine bird and has achieved a breakthrough. You may retain six out of the following ten options.]

[Skill: Skyful of Flying Feathers, 120 years of proficiency (peak mastery)]

[Skill: Wind, 120 years of proficiency (peak mastery)]

[Skill: Shine Upon the World, 120 years of proficiency (great success)]

[Skill: King’s Prestige, 120 years of proficiency (proficient)]

[Skill: Golden Crow Falls West (emperor)]

[Combat Technique: Divine Sparrow’s Sun-devouring technique (emperor)]

[Characteristics: Phoenix Masquerade (red – upgradeable)]

[Characteristics: Divine Bird’s Education (red)]

[120 years of six-dimensional growth]

[Reality simulation, six times]

“…” Wang Ye.

He had only wanted to simulate a combat technique, yet Xiao Jiu had just gone all out?